August 2019

Britfield & the Lost Crown Review

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We stopped to get the mail as we were driving out of town to Cee’s latest Mayo appointment and were excited to receive a softcover copy of Britfield & the Lost Crown by C. R. Stewart as a part of the Homeschool Review Crew. The timing was perfect! With a long car ride ahead of […]

A Little Big News

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We’re expecting. The kids cannot wait. Part of that is the suspense, since we don’t find out ahead of time if it’s a boy or girl. Part of that is the innocent joy at a new brother or sister. They know that there is good in new life. We talk about it allllllll the time […]

Listen and Watch List

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This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking one of the links on this page, I may make a commission at no cost to you. Messy Family Podcast A Catholic couple gives practical real-life ways to parent and raise children in the faith. My kids are not perfect. Neither am I. […]

The True Story of Homeschooling

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We started back to school. Since we end up taking off a lot of time for Cee (and everyone’s) appointments throughout the year, I wanted to start with a cushion. We’re Taking Things Seriously and Starting New Habits as of Thursday. Thursday was fine. We checked off all our boxes, and mostly there were no […]

Travel Shaming and Responsible Parenthood

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This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking one of the links on this post, I may make a small commission at no cost to you. Through David’s work we had a chance to go to Hawaii in March. That’s right. Hawaii. David’s mom stayed with the kids, and we jetted […]

An Exciting View

We had quite the show the other day when the field behind our house was visited by a crop duster. The preparations to meet friends at a splash park came to a halt as everyone stuck to the window like glue to watch the swoops and turns of the little yellow airplane. Well, almost everyone […]